什麼是生命影響生命呢？我們的生命會在日常生活中彰顯出來，並且影響生活在我們四週的人。這就是所謂生命影響生命。當我們在生活中與另一個人接觸時，一定會在他的生命中造成影響。我們會在別人的生命中造成好的影響，也會造成壞的影響。正如父親一定會影響兒女，而老師會影響學生，就算是朋友也會互相影響。我們願意為別人，特別是身邊的人，帶來好的影響嗎？
當我們閱讀保羅的生平和他所寫的書信時，讓我們仔細地思想保羅的生命和他每天的生活，好讓他的生命慢慢地影響我們的生命和生活。
當我們了解生命影響生命的重要時，就應意識到自己的責任很重大，因為我們正在每天影響身邊的人。這也是一個很重要的原因，鼓勵我們好好學習保羅的榜樣，希望我們在影響別人的時候，好像保羅影響我們一般。我們要學習保羅，因為保羅學習基督，所以透過學習保羅，我們也在學習基督。我們就可以很確定地知道，當我們的生命影響別人的生命時，乃是讓基督透過我們的生命來影響他人，使他們也經歷耶穌基督的生命。
What does it mean to have life impacting life? We are impacting people by our life which is manifested in our daily living. This is the way how life is impacted by others. It is inescapable that we must impact other’s life in every contact. Just like the father will impact their children, teachers will impact their students, and even among friends impacts are explicit. Do we want to give a good impact on people’s lives, especially on those who are around us?
When we read the epistles of Paul, we should focus on his life and lifestyle, and be ready for any impact made on our life.
If we realize the importance of life impacting life, we will understand why we are held accountable for others, for we are impacting their lives everyday. It is the very reason to motivate us to learn from Paul’s life, and hopefully in return, we will impact people’s lives just like Paul does on us. Paul urges us to learn from him, for he is learning from Christ, so that we will also learn from Christ. If we learn from Paul, we can be sure that the impact we make on people’s life is the impact from Christ, so that they will also be able to experience Christ’s life in us.
